anaheim-gazette 1878-11-30

ANAHEIM VOL. 9. WEEKLY GAZETTE. Established 1870. SATURDAY...NOVEMBER 30, 1878. Dr. W. N. HARDIN, Office and Residence, Corner Los Angeles and Sycamore Streets, Anaheim, Cal. J. H. YOCUM, M. D., Physician & Surgeon. Office and Residence corner Centre on Palm Streets, With office hours at Blanken’s Drug Store, from 9 to 10 A.M., and 4 to 5 P.M. Anaheim, Cal. DR. ALICE HIGGINS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE—Corner of Lemon and Centre Streets. ANAHEIM. Dr. J. N. BURTNETT, Physician & Surgeon, Santa Ana, Cal. Graduate of Jefferson Medical College DR. E. L. COWAN, DENTIST, HAS OPENED AN OFFICE IN THE UPPER part of Mrs. Metz’s building, Los Angeles Street, Anaheim. Having had twenty years’ experience, he can speak with confidence of his work. His scale of prices will be very low. He will be found in his office there the home of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. Kleinigkeiten. [FROM WEDNESDAY’S SEMI-WEEKLY.] Mr. Fred. Langenberger has returned from the Santiago Canyon, where he has been rusticating for the past month. The Fair to be given by the ladies of the Episcopal Church will take place on December 12th. John F. Moore, the man who attempted to fire the grain warehouse in Los Angeles, plead guilty. He will be sentenced on Saturday. The Anaheim Base Ball Club received their bats and balls by Express on Monday. They will play a game on the recreation grounds to morrow. Mr. W.A. Morrison yesterday sold a double-seated spring wagon to Vicente Yorba. The wagon is a fine piece of workmanship and reflects credit on the manufacturer. A partition is being put in the store occupied by Mr. A.G. Beebe, dividing it into two apartments. Mr. Ernest Ferguson will shortly open a drug store in one of them. In the case of Reippe vs. Conrad, an action brought in Justice Athearn’s court to recover $100 damages for an assault upon plaintiff, the jury on Saturday gave a verdict in favor of defendant. The St. Helena Star says that Mr. Krug, a large wine grower of that place, looked forward to the total destruction of vineyards by the phyllis plantation against the evil day before to plant an orange tree about 6 o’clock Marshall Wartenbeck Gibson’s farm, he rapidly along the road coat or vest. On cognized Henry Selby place. When spoken still, did not look a tioner, and it was cemented. The Marsh near town, and then Schwartz’s friends turning to the depot he would stop, he he was subsequently in bed. He is very say is pointless and misused that his reclose mental appliance of some invention was a long time been enforced. Charles Smith, man Joe,” was for sloughs at the Land sailors. The deceased paralyzed and difficult, took a on Friday. It is r fog which rolled in afternoon he became dered into the slough the mud, and because unable to extricate tion the tide came was drowned. He heim cemetery on both two children. So apparent that sary to hold an ing ANAHEIM Dr. J. N. BURTNETT, Physician & Surgeon, Santa Ana, Cal. Graduate of Jefferson Medical College DR. E. L. COWAN, DENTIST, HAS OPENED AN OFFICE IN THE UPPER part of Mrs. Metz's building, Los Angeles Street, Anaheim. Having had twenty years experience, he can speak with confidence of his work. His scale of prices will be very low. He will be found in his office every day between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. ANAHEIM DrugStore IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE LARGE DEPOSITS of Gold and Silver lately discovered in the mountains close to Anaheim, the proprietor of the Anaheim Drug Store (established in 1870 by the learned Dr. D Assonville, and so many years successfully carried on by Hermann Blanken, Eq.) has made arrangements with Dr. Fritchman German Chemist from the University of Leipzig to take charge of the Anaheim Drug Store. This gentleman will Assay any Samples of Ore And appraise precious stones for a small fixed sum, and during his leisure fill prescriptions at San Francisco prices. The Anaheim Drug Store, Lemon St. ROBERT W. SCOTT. VICTOR MONTGOMERY. SCOTT & MONTGOMERY, Attorney at Law. PROBATE BUSINESS A SPECIALTY. Anaheim; Los Angeles County, Cal. M. L. WICKS, Attorney at Law, OFFICE—ROOMS 2 and 4, TEMPLE BLOCK, LOS ANGELES. Will practice in the Courts at Anaheim, as well as in the higher courts. R. W. SCOTT, Notary Public. BOOTT & MONTGOMERY'S OFFICE, Kresger's Block, Center Street, Anaheim. L. GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Third and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Los Angeles Street. MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash prices. All orders promptly attended to I work guaranteed. P. C. McKINNIE, Contractor and Builder. Shop—On Centre Street, opposite residence. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. In the case of Reippe vs. Conrad, an action brought in Justice Athearn's court to recover $100 damages for an assault upon plaintiff, the jury on Saturday gave a verdict in favor of defendant. The St. Helena Star says that Mr. Krug, a large wine grower of that place, looks forward to the total destruction of vineyards by the phyllis disease provided against the evil day by planting an orange orchard. The bank of Messrs. Davies, R., Anaheim, seems to be in a flourishing business men, and are well known throughout the country as such. —Star. Mr. F. H. Keifhaber, of Westminster, has returned from his visit to the East. He found business there quite stagnant, property depreciated in value and impossible of sale. In the case of Thistlewaite et al vs. Taylor et al the motion of defendants for a new trial has been denied by the District Judge. A stay of proceedings for twenty days was granted. As will be seen by the advertisement a school exhibition will be given on Friday, December, 6th, the proceeds to be used in purchasing a bell. The programme will be published in a few days. Mr. Frank Ey brought him from San Francisco a very fine assortment of cigars, tobacco, etc., to which he directs the attention of the public. He has several new brands of smoking tobacco which are bound to become favorites with smokers. Several of the stockholders in the Anaheim Water Company have paid in to the extent of $10 per share, in order to enable the Company to liquidate their present heavy indebtedness. It is to be hoped that all who are able will follow this praiseworthy example. The Express learns that the Woolen Mills property in Los Angeles has been bought by two practical workmen from Merced. These gentlemen have taken up their residence near the mills and are already repairing them with a view to operating them as soon as possible. A judgment was entered in the District Court on Monday against Louis Phillips, of Pomona, in favor of the Los Angeles Immigration and Land Co-operative Association, of which Thos. A. Garey is President, and F. B. Fanning Secretary, for $25,000 and costs of suit. Mr. T. S. Grimshaw has rented the building on the corner Los Angeles and Center street, owned by P. Davis & Bro., and is fitting it up as a blacksmith and wagon shop. Mr. T. L. Gannon will occupy the building vacated by Mr. Grimshaw, and will work at wagon-making in connection with Mr. McDermott. A short time after rested in Santa Ana, they were held over by Jury, and then them. On Sunday, and placed room in the second town that town. On Mr. officers went for the Los Angeles they window open and made of blankets gether, told the story Mr. Scott, who had the Chinaman, warned on the cars at the brought to him of the unreliability of his client. The jury in Thistleton, editor of R. H. Brown, verdict finding defiance in law, but mending him to the sort of compromise indictments for Mr. Thistleton. One of the counsel for proclaiming wacquittal; the third above, and five still. The Literary Presbyterian Church 7:30. A very attentive among whom are Yocum, Fischer and tribute to the muni Mr. Halliday will celebrities, a consular Union will be dissuasing term of t. Eight large fences Monday night. County, and were tract of land on Don Juan Foster selling. These properties view the land, and they shook the dawn their feet and set Foster is selling t. Mr. J. C. W Napa Co., finds syrup from grape increased the capa- P. C. McKINNIE, Contractor and Builder. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Anaheim Coopér Shop, Centre Street, Anaheim. J. WESTPHAL, - Proprietor ISAAC COHEN, (Successor to Heimann & George). KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND THE LARGEST best and cheapest stock of dry-goods, fancy goods, gentle and boys' clothing, shoes and boots, hats, trunks and sails. Also, groceries, provisions, crockery and hardware. Give me a trial. A. G. BEEBE, Commission Dealer, AND SAN FRANCISCO COMMISSION AGENCY, Centre Street, Anaheim FOR THE BEST Wines and Brandies GO TO THEO. REISER, Cor. Santa Ana and Olive Sts. Anaheim. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE SEMI-WEEKLY GAZETTE BY MAIL, $5 PER YEAR Mr. T. S. Grimshaw has rented the building on the corner Los Angeles and Center street, owned by P. Davis & Bro., and is fitting it up as a blacksmith and wagon shop. Mr. T. L. Gannon will occupy the building vacated by Mr. Grimshaw, and will work at wagon-making in connection with Mr. McDermott. Stockholders in the Cajon Irrigation Company will find an important notice in our advertising columns. The object in requiring the presentation of the claims referred to in the advertisement on the 29th inst., is to enable the Anaheim Water Company to make a final settlement with the Cajon Irrigation Company on the succeeding day. This settlement cannot be longer postponed, and the warning given to-day should be heeded. The Rev. Messrs. Hill of Los Angeles and Trew of Anaheim did not exchange pulpits, according to notice, last Sunday. Mr. Hill was taken suddenly ill on Saturday afternoon, too late to allow Mr. Trew to return to Anaheim. There were therefore no services in the Episcopal Church here. On Thanksgiving Day there will be special service at 11 o'clock A.M. The public cordially invited. The Republican County Central Committee have published an address to the members of that party in the city of Los Angeles urging them to form clubs in the several wards of the city, and from candidates in the field, select those for their support who will best protect and advance the interests of the city and reform existing abuses. It is urged that to give such men effective support organization should be secured in their behalf. On Saturday night a horse belonging to Mr. S. Hill was taken from the hitching post in front of Mr. Langenberger's store. The thief took the horse out of town a short distance, relieved him of his saddle and bridle, and then turned him loose. The horse was recovered, but there is no clue to the trappings. It is said that several horses have been stolen lately, among them one belonging to Domingo Bastanchury, and for the return of which a liberal reward is offered. WEEKLY EIM GA ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1878. About 6 o'clock on Monday evening, as Marshal Wartenberg was returning from Gibson's farm, he observed a man walking rapidly along the road, hatless and without coat or vest. On overtaking him he recognized Henry Schwartz, a resident of this place. When spoken to he stood perfectly still, did not look at or reply to his questioner, and it was evident that he was demented. The Marshal followed him until near town, and then rode ahead to notify Schwartz's friends of his condition. On returning to the depot where it was supposed he would stop, he could not be found, but he was subsequently discovered in his room in bed. He is very quiet, and what he does say is pointless and unintelligible. It is surmised that his reason is unhinged by too close mental application over the intricacies of some invention which it is said he has for a long time been engaged upon. Charles Smith, a son-in-law of "Fisherman Joe," was found dead in one of the sloughs at the Landing on Saturday by some sailors. The deceased, who was partially paralyzed and moved about with great difficulty, took a gun and went hunting on Friday. It is supposed that during the fog which rolled in from the ocean on that afternoon he became bewildered and wandered into the slough, became imbedded in the mud, and because of his paralysis was unable to extricate himself. In this condition the tide came in and caught him, and he was drowned. He was buried in the Anaheim cemetery on Sunday. He leaves a wife and two children. The manner of his death is so apparent that it was deemed unnecessary to hold an inquest. A COLOSSAL FAILURE. Work on the great suspension bridge which is to connect the cities of New York and Brooklyn is still carried on, but there seems to be an opinion forming that it will never answer the purposes for which it is intended. So prevalent has this belief become that great difficulty is found in procuring money to carry on the work, as the authorities of both cities only pay under protest and by order of the court. The construction of the bridge was begun ten years ago, and it was then estimated that the outside cost would be $7,000,000. In 1872 the estimate was increased to $9,500,000. In 1875 the directors asked and obtained an appropriation raising the expected outlay to $13,500,000. And now it is discovered that an additional $6,500,000 will be needed to complete the structure, making a total of $20,000,000. It is not likely that any great objection would be made to this enormous cost were it not for the growing feeling that the bridge is likely to be a colossal failure. We give some of the reasons advanced by those who favor the abandonment of the work: They say that it has already injured the commerce of New York, because it is too low to permit two-thirds of the sea-going vessels to pass under it without taking down their top masts; and the frequency of the collisions of ship masts with the cable of the bridge are so great that it has become the practice to insert in the charters of vessels coming to New York the conditions that they shall not pass the bridge; or if compelled to do so, shall receive extra allowance. They claim it to be the high of inconsistency to expend millions NEW YORK FASHIONS. Bonnette, New Designs, Society Tellttes Piquant little felts are in garnet or wine shades trimmed with satin of corresponding color, and completed by garnet or wine colored flowers and leaves. These are worn with walking costumes of garnet or wine color, and the tout ensemble is pretty enough, I assure you. Birds have come up again, and perched on both hats and bonnets, bear witness to the fact that female perversity is more than a match for a vast amount of sermonizing. We say "scissors" to the last, especially as there is no fear of drowning for it. But what is of more consequence than a bird upon your bonnet, is a pair or perhaps two pair of strings tied under your chin. Perhaps you may compromise by tying the bow on one side, but somewhere or other the bow you must have, for a bonnet is not a bonnet without a pair of strings. We find quite a run made on felts, and the favorite mode of trimming is to lay the trimming on plainly, except at the top where a somewhat extravagant bow gives finish. The many colored ribbons of the day show prettily on dark felts. NEW DESIGNS. The Princess and the Mathilde walking costumes are both quite new and tasteful, either one combining well with the Octavia saque, in case an outside garment be added. The Zoline visite is another street garment of recent introduction, but this is cut in circle shape. The Panier polonaise, showing the new bouffant back, is a handsome design for house or carriage wear. For the benefit of ladies who make their own garments, I will difficulty, took a gun and went hunting on Friday. It is supposed that during the fog which rolled in from the ocean on that afternoon he became bewildered and wandered into the slough, became imbedded in the mud, and because of his paralysis was unable to extricate himself. In this condition the tide came in and caught him, and he was drowned. He was buried in the Anaheim cemetery on Sunday. He leaves a wife and two children. The manner of his death is so apparent that it was deemed unnecessary to hold an inquest. A short time ago two Chinamen were arrested in Santa Ana on a charge of gambling. They were held over to appear before the Court Jury, and that body found true bills were them. One, named Charlie Cook, assisted by the Santa Ana officials on Sunday, and placed for safe keeping in a room in the second story of some building in that town. On Monday morning when the officers went for their prisoner to take him to Los Angeles they found the room empty, the window open and a rope dangling therefrom, made of blankets cut in strips and tied together, told the story of the romantic escape. Mr. Scott, who had been retained to defend the Chinaman, was just in the act of getting on the cars at the depot when word was brought to him of the unceremonious departure of his client. The jury in the case of the People vs. Thistleton, editor of the Jolly Giant, for libel of R. H. Brown, on Monday brought in a verdict finding defendant "guilty of libel as malice in law, but not in fact," and recommending him to the leniency of the Court—a sort of compromise verdict. Originally eight indictments for libel were found against Thistleton. One was dismissed on motion of the counsel for prosecution at the request of the complaining witness; one resulted in an acquittal; the third was disposed of as stated above, and five still remain to be heard. The Literary Union will meet at the Presbyterian Church on Friday evening at 7:30. A very attractive programme has been arranged, and already much interest is evinced in the society. A number of ladies, among whom are Misses Mitchell, Heimann, Yocum, Fischer and Shamburger, will contribute to the musical tastes of the gathering. Mr. Halliday will read sketches of various celebrities, a constitution and by-laws for the Union will be discussed, and officers for the ensuing term of three months will be elected. Eight large families camped in town on Monday night. They came from Monterey county, and were en route to San Mateo, the tract of land on the Santa Margarita which Don Juan Foster is now subdividing and selling. These people had sent an agent to view the land, and his report being favorable they shook the dust of Monterey from off their feet and set out for their new home. Mr. Foster is selling this land at $10 per acre. Mr. J. C. Weinberger, of St. Helena, Napa Co., finds the business of making syrup from grapes a paying one. He has increased the capacity of his works by some of the reasons advanced by those who favor the abandonment of the work: They say that it has already injured the commerce of New York, because it is too lew to permit two-thirds of the sea-going vessels to pass under it without taking down their top masts; and the frequency of the collisions of ship masts with the cable of the bridge are so great that it has become the practice to insert in the charters of vessels coming to New York the conditions that they shall not pass the bridge; or if compelled to do so, shall receive extra allowance. They claim it to be the highest of inconsistency to expend millions of money in removing natural obstructions from the channels leading to New York, and at the same time spend equally large amounts in making artificial obstructions of greater detriment to commerce. It is also claimed that the bridge will not sustain the weight of the people who will want to use it. The bridge will sustain per hour the weight of only 250 passengers in cars and 10,000 moving on foot at the usual rate; while at certain hours of the day one ferry alone carries 20,000 an hour. As 190,000 passengers are daily carried both ways by all the ferries between New York and Brooklyn, it is claimed that the bridge will not begin to meet the demands that may be made upon it, in case the ferries are suspended by ice or otherwise. The most serious of all the objections is that the bridge will not be secure. It is claimed that it is wholly an experimental bridge. Not only is it the highest and longest in the world (its total length is 6,000 feet), but it is the only one that is entirely unsupported by any form of stays. Mr. Webb, the eminent ship-builder, has issued an elaborate argument on this subject, from which we quote: The history of suspension bridges in this country and in Europe shows their most dangerous exposure to be that to storms, producing oscillations and ruptures. Five of the suspension bridges in this country, and several in Europe, have been destroyed within a few years after their erection in this manner, although all of them were substantially stayed. The Engineer-in-Chief of this bridge, in his report of March last, asserts: "During the severe northeast gale of January 31 last it would have been extremely dangerous to have sent trains across on narrow gauge." This storm, which was not at all exceptional for its violence, Mr. Roebeling estimates at 21 lbs per square foot pressure, which is 1-6th greater than the sustaining power of the bridge, and expresses the opinion in this report that a train of cars on either a 4-foot 8-inch track, or a 6-foot track, would be upset by a wind pressure 17 per cent less than this, and asks: "Who can guarantee that the wind will never blow with stronger force?" He instances a recorded case of the velocity of the wind during the last year at 186 miles an hour, or about 170 pounds pressure per square foot. If then, railroad cars, with their low iron wheels and heavy structure, are liable to be overturned by frequent storms, what must be the liability of top-carriages and business vehicles, with their high wheels, lighter structure, and narrow gauge? What is the liability of foot passengers? What of the bridge itself, with its 130,000 square feet of flooring, and the 17 per cent storm resistance of its trusses? If an eddy of air were to strike the bridge from beneath with greater force than its own weight it would be lifted to crash back some of the reasons advanced by those who favor the abandonment of the work: They say that it has already injured the commerce of New York, because it is too lew to permit two-thirds of the sea-going vessels to pass under it without taking down their top masts; and the frequency of the collisions of ship masts with the cable of the bridge are so great that it has become the practice to insert in the charters of vessels coming to New York the conditions that they shall not pass the bridge; or if compelled to do so, shall receive extra allowance. They claim it to be the highest of inconsistency to expend millions of money in removing natural obstructions from the channels leading to New York, and at the same time spend equally large amounts in making artificial obstructions of greater detriment to commerce. It is also claimed that the bridge will not sustain the weight of the people who will want to use it. The bridge will sustain per hour the weight of only 250 passengers in cars and 10,000 moving on foot at the usual rate; while at certain hours of the day one ferry alone carries 20,000 an hour. As 190,000 passengers are daily carried both ways by all the ferries between New York and Brooklyn, it is claimed that the bridge will not begin to meet the demands that may be made upon it, in case the ferries are suspended by ice or otherwise. The history of suspension bridges in this country and in Europe shows their most dangerous exposure to be that to storms, producing oscillations and ruptures. Five of the suspension bridges in this country, and several in Europe, have been destroyed within a few years after their erection in this manner, although all of them were substantially stayed. The Engineer-in-Chief of this bridge, in his report of March last, asserts: "During the severe northeast gale of January 31 last it would have been extremely dangerous to have sent trains across on narrow gauge." This storm, which was not at all exceptional for its violence, Mr. Roebelling estimates at 21 lbs per square foot pressure, which is 1-6th greater than the sustaining power of the bridge, and expresses the opinion in this report that a train of cars on either a 4-foot 8-inch track, or a 6-foot track, would be upset by a wind pressure 17 per cent less than this, and asks: "Who can guarantee that the wind will never blow with stronger force?" He instances a recorded case of the velocity of the wind during the last year at 186 miles an hour, or about 170 pounds pressure per square foot. If then, railroad cars, with their low iron wheels and heavy structure, are liable to be overturned by frequent storms, what must be the liability of top-carriages and business vehicles, with their high wheels, lighter structure, and narrow gauge? What is the liability of foot passengers? What of the bridge itself, with its 130,000 square feet of flooring,andthe17percentstormresistanceofitstrusses?Ifaneddyofairweretostrikethebridgefrombeneathwithgreaterforcethantisownweightitwouldbe liftedtocrashbacksomeofthereasonsadvancedbythosewhofavortheabandonmentofthework:TheysaythatithasalreadyinjuredthecommerceofNewYork,becauseitistoowewithpermittwo-thirdsofthesea-goingvillessupportforhouseorcarriagewear.ForethebenefitofladieswhohmaketheirowngarmentsIwillmentionthatJ.JandP.Coatshave receivedthegoldmedatethePariseExpositionferthespoolcottonThishowhoweverisonlyaconfirmationoftheawardsofallExpositionswheretheyhaveinvariablyobtainthehighestprizes.TheWillimanticLinenCompanyhavetakenonlyasecond-classprize—thesilvermedal. SOCIETYOILETTES. 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They came from Monterey county, and were en route to San Mateo, the tract of land on the Santa Margarita which Don Juan Foster is now subdividing and selling. These people had sent an agent to view the land, and his report being favorable they shook the dust of Monterey from off their feet and set out for their new home. Mr. Foster is selling this land at $10 per acre. Mr. J. C. Weinberger, of St. Helena, Napa Co., finds the business of making syrup from grapes a paying one. He has increased the capacity of his works by the purchase of additional boiler. He made 1500 gallons this year, a quantity which would have been greatly increased had grapes not been in such demand for wine making. We hope to see this syrup business tested in Anaheim next year. A meeting of Democrats was held at the rooms of Mr. Isaac Cohen on Monday night for the purpose of forming a Democratic Club. Mr. W. M. McFadden presided, and Mr. V. Montgomery acted as Secretary. A committee was appointed to draw up a constitution and by laws, and they will report at a meeting to be held at the same place next Monday night. The item in regard to the unanimity with which the Gazette is patronized in this school district brings out the fact that there are only fourteen residents of Westminster who do not subscribe for this paper. The Gazette has a large paying circulation, and it is seldom that a week passes without additions being made to our list. The Los Angeles Star, which probably speaks with due deliberation, says, concerning the recent attempt to burn the Lankershim & Van Nuys' flouring mill: "The wretch who attempted to set fire to the new mill is understood to have been acting under orders. He is said to have wealthy backers." Among the recent changes we note that Mr. P. H. Look and family now occupy the house on Los Angeles street, adjoining the Masouie Hall. Mr. A. G. Beebe will in a few days move into the old Carrillo house on Los Angeles street. Arthur Ott, a brother of Supervisor Ott, will leave for Virginia in a few days. Wm. Crowtner has received a $750 piano for his daughter, direct from the old and reliable firm of Knabe & Co., Baltimore, Maryland, per agent for this county, Dr. Wm. N. Hardin. The instrument is without blemish and in perfect order and superb in every respect, and is said by musicians to be par-excellent. All who wish to examine the same can call at his residence on Los Angeles street. Our friend C. is not only a violinist but a pianist also. All who wish a magnificent instrument can call and examine it for themselves. Bernard F. Kenney, Workingmen's delegate to the Constitutional Convention from the Fourth Ward of San Francisco, died of consumption on Wednesday, at his residence on Pacific street. Some are square, quite as many are still rounded, while occasionally we see one side square, the other rounded. A charming evening toilette devised by a modiste of this city for Wm. H. Vanderbilt's only unmarried daughter, is of pale blue satin united with hand-embroidered silk of a corresponding shade. This is made with basque pointed at the back, finished with soft belt in front and elbow sleeves. The skirt is a rounded train, and the two materials are united throughout in a most artistic manner. The gantline, so called from the French word gant, meaning glove, is rapidly coming into favor. This is not wonderful, since it is exceedingly pretty and also convenient. A hook is passed through the buttonhole of the dress on the front of the corsage, and pendant therefrom on the outside is a short chain to which any imaginable device is attached, such as a boat, fan, medallion, cross, etc. Ladies who study convenience select a device in which a gold pencil is concealed. The hook inside is of such shape as to form a glove button, or upon occasion may be used to fasten a shoe or boot. Only first quality gold is used. Lucy Carter. Bodie, Nov. 25th.-William Pearce shot William Halsey, of Aurora, Nevada, dead at Sweetwater, Nevada, last evening. The trouble originated through Halsey refusing to pay a debt of twenty-five cents owing by him to the murderer. Chico, Nov. 23.-A fatal accident occurred here this afternoon. A boy named Cox, while hunting, was climbing up the bank of the creek near town, and, in drawing his gun after him, the hammer caught in some vines, when the gun went off and the whole charge went into his right breast. He died shortly afterwards. Sacramento, Nov. 25.-This morning, between 8 and 9 o'clock, Col. C. Finckler, who has been officiating as Secretary to the Convention Judiciary Committee, committed suicide by shooting himself. Deceased for some years, until recently, was Secretary to the Justices of the Supreme Court. He was compelled to resign on account of his strong love for whisky. An auction sale of horses will be held in Anaheim on Saturday. The stock to be sold is very fine, and consists of team and plow horses, carriage, buggy and saddle horses, all of which are guaranteed to be as the auctioneer will represent. The sale will commence at 10 o'clock A.M., with Mr. I. Wartenberg as auctioneer. GAZETTE. NOBER 30, 1878. BABY HAS GONE TO SCHOOL. The baby has gone to school; ah mal, What will the mother do, With never a call to button or pin, Or tie a little shoe? How can she keep herself busy all day, With the little "binding thing" away? Another basket to fill with lunch, Another "good-bye" to say, And the mother stands at the door to see Her baby march away; And turns with a sigh that is half relief, And half a something akin to grief She thinks of a possible future morn, When the children, one by one, Will go from their home out into the world To battle with life alone. And not even the baby be left to cheer The dissolate home of that future year. She picks up garments here and there, Thrown down in careless haste, And tries to think how it would seem If nothing were displaced. If the house were always as still as this, How could she bear the loneliness! DISTILLERY SEIZED. [Sacramento Record-Union.] The Johnson Brandy and Wine Manufacturing Company's distillery of this city has been seized by the revenue officers for an alleged violation of the revenue law by not making correct returns of tax due. A keeper has been placed in possession, and the next step will be to bring suit in the United States Circuit Court for the condemnation of the property. Concerning the seizure of the distillery, a correspondent sends us the following, under date of the 21st: "Collector Fost to-day seized the winery and distillery of the Johnson Brandy and Wine Company on a complaint made to him yesterday by a late employee of the works, who has been acting as clerk for them during the grape season. The principal charges made by him are that the company have used in the manu- Washington Letter. REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GAZETTE. WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 20. To resume or not to resume is a question which agitates financial circles just now. Of course, Secretary Sherman proposes to resume January 1st, and the banks are taking account of stock to see where things are coming out. Many sensible men among the resumptionists begin to realize the difficulties to be encountered, as the time approaches. Sentiment aside, and practical results alone considered, there seems to be some common sense in the reasoning of General Butler, as reported in an interview in New York shortly after the election. "Tell me how far $135,000,000 will go towards paying $2,500,000,000, and I will tell you how I think resumption will succeed," remarked old "eye-cock," as a French newspaper calls him, and he then proceeds to indicate the way he expects it to work, in the following language: "Suppose gold stays at its present premium, of 1 per cent. If it is not handy for you to present your greenbacks at the Treasury on the day of redemption, you can take them to a broker and get gold for the premium, and a slight commission or without any premium if the Secretary is redeeming as fast as presented. When it only costs you a little over a dollar to insure $1,000 worth of your green-backs being as good as gold, you will insure won't you? If resumption wins you won't have lost as much as you pay for cigars in a day on every thousand dollars, and if resumption doesn't win you will have made money; how much you don't know. So there will be a rush to get the gold, and when it is got the owners will make special deposits of is... of the handsome flowered Pompadour. Well, then, many one speak of Pompadour will know that they are extensive extended scale, of the old not possibly give you an adorned them are, yet even up to the hand-embroidered fiery over with the delicate series of the workwoman's favorite material emulsion with these beautiful general the satin falls in with sweep characteristic of the one the embroidered or Pompadour is front or elsewhere appropriate. Brocaded silks largely into requisition. The toilette, even for evening, or square neck with elbow or sometimes for eveninga the land in this case, the sleeves short as to seem no sleeves the sleeves are cut in one, but an new basque and trimmed base is often pointed back and by a heavy cord: sometimes in front, a soft belt from the back; or again we see the soft point in front is retained. Not ignored. If they appear as a looping for which notover, and oven bridal toilettes may adorned with the traditional dress for Mrs. Russell, the beau-ex-Judge Hilton, who was older, is of pale pink satin and the corage of satin is a basque and front, with square neck Mechlin lace. The sleeves front of the skirt is composed pattern of peacock plumes, a train of satin falls. A man. Some are square, quite rounded, while occasionally square, the other rounded. Nursing toilette devised by a lady for Wm. H. Vanderbilt's daughter, is of pale blue satin and embroidered silk of a corace. This is made with basque back, finished with soft belt new sleeves. The skirt is a band and the two materials are bent in a most artistic manner. Also called from the French meaning glove, is rapidly warmer. This is not wonderful, simply pretty and also conducive is passed through the buttress on the front of the corner. California Land Decisions. WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 21.—The Secretary of the Interior to-day reversed the General Land Office decision permitting D. B. Nichols to purchase certain lands in Los Angeles district at $1.25 per acre, formerly occupied by him under purchase of the Mexican grantee of the rancho La Brea, which was confirmed for one square league, more or less, within the larger exterior boundaries. Nichols claimed the benefit of the act of 1866 on the ground that this land was excluded from the survey of 1843. The Secretary holds that the tract in question was not excluded from the final survey within the meaning of the law, for said survey really included all the lands granted, and as no protest was made by Nichols against their exclusion pending survey, he has no further remedy before the department. The Secretary by this ruling reaffirms the important principle announced in a former Department decision in the case of heirs of T. Wallace the day of redemption, you can take them to a broker and get gold for the premium, and a slight commission or without any premium if the Secretary is redeeming as fast as presented. When it only costs you a little over dollar to insure $1,000 worth of your greenbacks being as good as gold, you will insure, won't you? If resumption wins you won't have lost as much as you pay for cigars in a day on every thousand dollars,and if resumption doesn't win you will have made money; how much you don't know. So there will be a rush to get the gold, and when it is got the owners will make special deposits of it at once. The greenbacks will go into the Treasury and stay there, because there is no way to get them out, and the gold will be hoarded or go into banks as special deposits, and stay there. Just so much withdrawn from circulation. Now imagine $100,000,000 be taken out of the circulation of the country to morrow. What would happen? Don't you think there would be something drop that could be heard? But this isn't all of it. The National banks admit to having twenty-two hundred millions of deposits. Every one of them will want gold. Resumption to be successful must include the whole mass of deposits, circulation and greenbacks. Aman with $100,000 on deposit asks for gold. It can't be given him; so he takes it out and takes it to a broker—of which there will be a thousand spring up—and sells for gold. How long will Sherman's $135,000,000 stand in such a storm? Only the other day he called on the National banks for $3,000,000 of the $45,000,000 which they have on deposit as the proceeds of the four per cent. sales, and gold went up nearly two per cent." The banks appear to apprehend that this result will transpire, in some degree at least, and a committee of New York bankers have just been here in consultation with Secretary Sherman devising means to make the supply of gold and legal tenders meet the demand. After January 1 silver will be received at the banks only as a special deposit, that is the depositor must agree to take it back again in payment of his drafts upon the bank. The return of the swallows in springtime is not hailed with greater delight than Washingtonians manifest at the approach of a new session of Congress. Aside from the material interests which boarding house kiepers and tradesmen have at stake in the presence here of three or four hundred Representatives and Senators, with the crowd that follows in their train, it is with all residents a question of entertainment. Congress is our managerie. Theatres do not thrive here because six months in the year we have a better show free of cost. When Shakespeare wrote "the play's thing," he had never seen an American House of Representatives on one of its lively days. So here we are getting ready to greet our returning favorites. The work of cleaning, renovating and fixing up has been in progress at the Capitol for some time, until everything is now nearly in readiness. The subject of ventilation has received some attention, but no great improvement has been made. Every session we hear of Congressmen injured in health and broken was confirmed for one square league, more or less, within the larger exterior boundaries. Nichols claimed the benefit of the act of 1866 on the ground that this land was excluded from the survey of 1843. The Secretary holds that the tract in question was not excluded from the final survey within the meaning of the law, for said survey really included all the lands granted, and as no protest was made by Nichols against their exclusion pending survey, he has no further remedy before the department. The Secretary by this ruling reaffirms the important principle announced in a former Department decision in the case of the heirs of T. Wallace More. The Secretary in further action concerning this rancho, affirms the Commissioner's decision rejecting the claims of the S. P. R. R. Co., but reverses the Commissioner's decision which rejected the claim of the State to the southeast part of section eight of the tract, and allows Burah to perfect his pre-emption claim to the northeast quarter of the same section, which had also been rejected. VISALIA, Nov. 22.—A number of mounted men rode up to a rancher's house last night near Ranford, called the man out and burned the house to the ground. The occupant's name is unknown. He had been warned not to rent the land belonging to the railroad, but did not heed the warning. The land belongs to the railroad; was rented of them by Perry Phillips, and by him to the present occupant. The supposed cause is the old railroad trouble. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—An amusing incident occurred upon the arrival of the Chinese mission in its new quarters here. The house was taken furnished, and when the location entered it the furniture in the drawing-rooms was swathed in white linen casings. White, as everybody knows, is the color for mourning in China, and the Chinese ordered the furniture sent away at once. The furniture wagons had been loaded up, when one of the casings was lifted by accident, showing the crimson silk underneath. There was a chatter and stir among the Chinese, and the furniture was forthwith unloaded, stripped of the linen wraps and set up in the parlors. LONDON, Nov. 21.—United States Minister Welsh to-day paid over to Her Majesty's Government the amount of the fisheries award by a draft for $5,500,000. Theatres do not thrive here because six months in the year we have a better show free of cost. When Shakespeare wrote "the play's thing," he had never seen an American House of Representatives on one of its lively days. So here we are getting ready to greet our returning favorites. The week of cleaning, renovating and fixing up has been in progress at the Capitol for some time, until everything is now nearly in readiness. The subject of ventilation has received some attention, but no great improvement has been made. Every session we hear of Congressmen injured in health and broken down by the bad atmosphere in which they live while on duty. It really does seem that some means could be devised to properly ventilate this magnificent structure. Yet with all the ills that may be suffered from this cause, there are in my opinion other sources to which many Congressmen's actions and pains may be traced. The lives which some of them live while here render better ventilated stomachs and minds quite as necessary as better ventilated council chambers. No doubt more of their ills come from indulgence in late suppers, wines, bad hours, and the lists of the flesh generally, than are due to the causes to which they are so often ascribed. The Afghan War. LONDON, Nov. 23.—A dispatch dated Jamroud, Friday, says the garrison of Ali Musjid bolted precipitately, leaving their arms, food, twenty cannon and forty or fifty wounded. A considerable number of prisoners were taken, and it is said the Afghan commander is among them. Considerable firing was heard up the Pass this (Friday) morning in the direction of McPherson's turning force. It is believed that the Afghans are not in a condition to make any further resistance. The Advertiser says that a private telegram received in London estimates the killed and wounded in operations at the Khyber Pass at 300. YUMA, Nov. 25.—The Southern Pacific R.R. is rapidly advancing toward Gila City. With the present force of 1,000 men the prospects are that they will reach there next week and establish a station. Five miles of track are now laid.